Climate averages 1991–2020
Xuancheng weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xuancheng: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (54 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Xuancheng, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuancheng ranks joint 383rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 743rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xuancheng is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Xuancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 73 | 9.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 117 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 131 | 11.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 160 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 286 | 14.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 14.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 55 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Wuhu in MarchChina · 54 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Taozhou in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in MarchChina · 85 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Licheng, China in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongling in MarchChina · 93 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Chaohu in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Yixing in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Nanjing in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 80 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xuancheng) is explained once on the Xuancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.